Best airline to fly to asia to earn FF miles on cheap tickets
Nov 29, 2017, 10:39 pm
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Best airline to fly to asia to earn FF miles on cheap tickets
My wife recently took a job in Hong Kong, I live in Seattle so we will both be traveling a lot between the two cities. Are there still airlines out there that earn FF miles based on the distance of the flight, or that I can credit to some other program at 100% miles? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Nov 30, 2017, 3:08 am
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My wife recently took a job in Hong Kong, I live in Seattle so we will both be traveling a lot between the two cities. Are there still airlines out there that earn FF miles based on the distance of the flight, or that I can credit to some other program at 100% miles? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Have you looked at which airlines fly that route at a price, schedule and fare booking class that fits your requirements?
Note that on CX many low fares earning nil, even on CX Asiamiles ffp.
Anyway frequent flyer miles are not equal to earn or burn between ffp’s. 10,000 frequent flyer miles in 1 ffp may get you a longer award flight than 15,000 frequent flyer miles in another ffp. Each airline ffp has different rules for using (burning) those miles/points for awards and different copay/surcharge $$ fees. There are cash surcharges on award flights with some ffp’s/routes/airlines.
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Nov 30, 2017, 10:32 am
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Earning 100% on cheap fares is becoming a thing of the past. Low cost fares are tending to earn few ff miles, especially if not on your ffp’s own airline, but it depends on the ffp. Some economy fares do not earn 100% on any airline ffp. They can earn nil ff miles, even if flown on the airline of your ffp.
Have you looked at which airlines fly that route at a price, schedule and fare booking class that fits your requirements?
Note that on CX many low fares earning nil, even on CX Asiamiles ffp.
Anyway frequent flyer miles are not equal to earn or burn between ffp’s. 10,000 frequent flyer miles in 1 ffp may get you a longer award flight than 15,000 frequent flyer miles in another ffp. Each airline ffp has different rules for using (burning) those miles/points for awards and different copay/surcharge $$ fees. There are cash surcharges on award flights with some ffp’s/routes/airlines.
Look here
http://www.wheretocredit.com/
Which Frequent Flyer Program to Join? Help Is Here!
Have you looked at which airlines fly that route at a price, schedule and fare booking class that fits your requirements?
Note that on CX many low fares earning nil, even on CX Asiamiles ffp.
Anyway frequent flyer miles are not equal to earn or burn between ffp’s. 10,000 frequent flyer miles in 1 ffp may get you a longer award flight than 15,000 frequent flyer miles in another ffp. Each airline ffp has different rules for using (burning) those miles/points for awards and different copay/surcharge $$ fees. There are cash surcharges on award flights with some ffp’s/routes/airlines.
Look here
http://www.wheretocredit.com/
Which Frequent Flyer Program to Join? Help Is Here!